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Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Anna Muttathupadathu, was born in 1910 in Kerala, India. After experiencing the loss of her mother at a young age and then refusing pressure from her aunt to marry and become a housewife, Alphonsamma, as she was called locally, joined a convent at age seventeen.
She completed her schooling through the Catholic Church, became a Franciscan nun, and taught at a girls’ high school. Her life as a teacher and sister was cut short as she suffered from multiple injuries and illnesses which lead to her death in 1946. Despite going through great pain, she remained faithful to God and became the first native Indian to be honored as a saint.
At a ceremony to announce her canonization...Read more

Hello friends. I’m really excited about these great posts I found around the web recently. They speak great hope and great truth about egalitarianism, women’s history, and the Kingdom of God. Enjoy these posts about being a woman who leads, Christian feminism, the definition of manhood, women apologists, Christian sisterhood, and women leaders in the American colonies.
From around the web:
“Being a woman who leads… let me tell you why it’s worth it” by Stephanie Williams
“’I want to be a church speaker when I grow up,’ she stated with confidence.
I was so thrilled that all I could say was, ‘Wow!’
‘You are going to have to show me the ropes, and how everything works.’ She said with an ever-so-slight stru...Read more

Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin has a habit of making history.
Hudson-Wilkin has overcome poverty, racism, sexism, and tradition to become a high-profile minister, trailblazer, and advocate. Born into poverty in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Hudson-Wilkin was raised by her father and aunt in Jamaica, but eventually moved to the UK where she pursued a career as a minister. Some highlights of her ministry include:
In 1994, the first year the Church of England ordained women to the priesthood, she was ordained.
In 2000, she became the priest of a parish in Hackney (an impoverished area of inner-city London). She was the first woman and the first person of color to lead this parish.
In 2007, she became chaplain to the Queen of England. She is the first woman of color to hold this position....Read more

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